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... Desiring
to establish a mutually supportive relationship between the WTO and
the World Intellectual Property Organization (referred to in this
Agreement as "WIPO") as well as other relevant
international organizations; ...
ARTICLE-38: Term of Protection [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. In
Members requiring registration as a condition of protection, the term
of protection of layout-designs shall not end before the expiration
of a period of 10 years counted from the date of filing an
application for registration or from the first commercial
exploitation wherever in the world it occurs. ...
... 2. In
Members not requiring registration as a condition for protection,
layout-designs shall be protected for a term of no less than 10 years
from the date of the first commercial exploitation wherever in the
world it occurs. ...